Civics chapter 10

Meet and cast their ballots

A few weeks after Election Day, electors ---.

One of the people chosen from each state and the District of Columbia who formally select the president and Vice President

An elector is ---.

Plank

Each part of a party platform is called a ---.

Summer

Each party's national nominating convention is held during the --- of the presidential election year.

No one can claim to be you and cast your vote

How does voter registration protect a citizen's vote?

310

How many electoral votes did Trump get?

538

How many electors are there in the electoral college?

Twice

How many times in the U. S. history has no presidential candidate win a majority of electoral votes?

Chosen by the House of Representatives

If no presidential candidate receives a majority of the votes in the electoral college, the president is ---.

Majority ; electors

If the democratic candidate wins the --- vote in a state, then the democratic --- cast the state's electoral votes.

Popular vote

In a presidential election, the votes Americans cast are part of the ---.

2

Neither presidential candidate received a majority of votes in --- elections in U. S. history.

National nominating conventions

Presidential candidates are officially chosen during the ---.

House of Representatives

The --- chooses the president of no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes.

A majority of electoral votes

The candidate who receives --- becomes the next president.

Congress members

The number of electors from each state is equal to the number of --- from that state.

Electoral votes

The president must win the majority of --- to win the election.

Platform

The statement of a party's views and policies is called a(n) ---.

538

There are --- electors in the electoral college.

Computers; punch cards; mark sense; mechanical lever

What voting methods are used today?

Electors

Your vote for president is actually cast for people called ---.